Hamidreza Azizi is a Visiting Fellow at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), a nonresident Fellow at the Middle East Council on Global Affairs, and also an Associate Researcher at Clingendael – the Netherlands Institute of International Relations. Prior, Azizi was an Associate Fellow at Al Sharq Strategic Research in 2022. He also lectured at several Iranian universities, including the University of Tehran (2016-2018) and Shahid Beheshti University (2016-2020). Azizi’s research interests include security and geopolitical issues in the Middle East and Central Eurasia, Iran’s foreign and security policy, and Iran-Russia relations.
Azizi has published many books, academic articles, and policy papers in English and Persian.